CRICKET.
TWO NOTABLE RETIREMENT'S.
'Elec. Tel Copyright— united Press Assrtt Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.! (Received Fbruary IQ, 9.35 a.m.) LONDON, Februaiy 9. The Manchester Guardian, in a subleader headed “Two Great Cricketers Retire,” says: “We must all regret Gregory’s decision. He was a man with a fascinating personal style, and the game is not so rich in stylists that it can afford to lose one. Perhaps Gregory will find that youth nips too keenly in the blood to admit of premature retirement, but if circumstances do not permit him to come back let us think of him as a cricketer who stood for happy eager youth, wonderfully alive in the sunshine. Armstrong had seen his best days and could hope for no fresh conquests. He will be remembered for the favor of his personality quite as much as for his skill as a player and captain. His comfortable rotundity was immensely to the liking of tho crowd, which, like Oaesar, prefere fat men to thin ones.”
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 15746, 10 February 1922, Page 3
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